Asana tracks the work. Cedric keeps it current.
Cedric is your Asana AI agent. He checks in with the people the tasks are assigned to, updates Asana from their answers, and tells you what changed before every meeting.
Direct message · Kevin Zhou
CedricAPP9:02
The app store screenshots were due yesterday. What's the status?
Thanks. Marked complete in Asana.
| Task name | Assignee | Due date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| This sprint | |||
App store screenshots | Kevin Zhou | Sep 17 | Done |
Pricing page copy | Nadia Haddad | Tomorrow | In progress |
Beta invite emails |  Sam Okonkwo | Sep 24 | Not started |
| Shipped | |||
Release notes |  Felix Andersson | Sep 15 | Done |
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The work gets done. Asana doesn't hear about it.
Tasks are finished in a doc, a call or a pull request, and nobody goes back to tick them. Due dates pass quietly. Soon the project view says one thing and the team says another. Cedric makes the updating his job.
Asana tracks the work.
Cedric keeps it current.
How Asana stays current.
1. Connect Asana and name your projects
Asana is connected. Which project should I keep current?
22 tasks, 5 assignees. First check-in tomorrow at 9:00.
One click connects Asana. Cedric reads the project you name and learns who is assigned what.
2. Cedric checks in with the assignees
The app store screenshots were due yesterday. What's the status?
Thanks. Marked complete in Asana.
A direct message with one-tap answers, when a due date passes or a task goes quiet.
3. Review the suggested changes
Three things in Launch plan no longer match this week's threads.
Release notes to completeApproveEditRejectPricing page copy, due ThursdayApproveEditRejectSupport macros, assign FelixApproveEditRejectWhat Cedric infers from threads and calls comes to you first. Approve, edit or reject each change.
4. Asana is current, and the team is briefed
Launch sync in 30 minutes. Since last week:
Four tasks changedupdatedBeta invite emailsblocked on the listSupport macrosno answerBefore the meeting, everyone gets what changed, what is blocked and what is still open.
Skip the status round.
On Monday morning Cedric asks each assignee about their open tasks. Their answers update Asana, and the brief lands in the channel before the sync: what changed, what is blocked, who has not answered.
Monday, 9:00 · Cedric checks in
Three tasks updated in Asana
Changed
App store screenshotsDoneRelease notesDonePricing page copyThursdayBlocked
Beta invite emailsBlockedNo answer
Support macrosFelix, asked twiceThe meeting starts at the decisions, with a project view everyone believes.
What Cedric does in Asana.
Ask the assignee, update the task
When a task passes its due date, Cedric asks the person it is assigned to. One tap answers, and Asana changes to match.
- Spot overdue tasks
- Spot tasks with no activity
- Message the assignee directly
- Answers in one tap
- Mark complete, or reschedule
- Run every morning, or before a meeting
@Cedric Every morning, check with assignees on anything overdue in Launch plan and update it.
CedricAPP9:02
Pricing page copy is due today. What's the status?
New date?
Rescheduled to Thursday in Asana. Hannah will see it in the brief.
Suggested changes, one review
Cedric reads the channel, the calls and the answers, and proposes the edits your project is missing.
- Tasks that are already done
- New due dates
- Tasks with no assignee
- Tasks nobody created
- Custom fields that went stale
- Approve one, or all at once
@Cedric What in Launch plan no longer matches what we said this week?
| Task name | Due date | Status |
|---|---|---|
Release notes | Sep 15 | Done |
Pricing page copy | Sep 24 | In progress |
Support macros | Sep 26 | Not started |
Was In progress and Sep 21. Also: Felix as assignee of the macros.
Know what changed before you sit down
Thirty minutes before the meeting, Cedric posts what changed in the project since last time, what is blocked, and who has not answered.
- What changed since the last meeting
- What is blocked, and on whom
- Overdue tasks, with assignees
- Tasks with nobody on them
- Posted where the team reads
- On the calendar's schedule
@Cedric Before every Monday launch sync, post what changed in Launch plan and what is blocked.
Changed
Blocked
Tasks created when the work is agreed
Work agreed in a call or a thread becomes a task with an assignee, a due date and its subtasks, in the right project and section.
- Create tasks from a call
- Create tasks from a thread
- Assignee and due date filled in
- Subtasks for the steps
- In the right project and section
- Proposed first, saved on your yes
@Cedric Create a task in Launch plan for the pricing page copy, for Nadia, due Wednesday, with a draft and a review.
Pricing page copy
Nadia HaddadSubtasks
From today's planning call.
Work moves when someone is away
When someone is out, their due tasks do not wait. Cedric looks up the team, proposes who takes what, and reassigns on your yes.
- Find tasks due while someone is out
- Look up teammates and teams
- Propose a new assignee
- Reschedule instead, if you prefer
- Comment with the handover
- Add followers so nobody is surprised
@Cedric Kevin is out next week. Who can take his tasks that are due before he is back?
| Task name | Assignee | Due date |
|---|---|---|
Store listing text | Sam Okonkwo | Sep 23 |
Promo video export | Felix Andersson | Sep 25 |
Pricing page copy | Nadia Haddad | Sep 24 |
Both were Kevin Zhou, out Sep 21 to 28.
Ask how the project is going
Cedric reads the tasks, the status updates and the activity, and answers in the channel. Ask about one project or a whole portfolio.
- What is overdue, and whose it is
- What changed this week
- Filter by assignee or due date
- Read project status updates
- Summarize a portfolio
- Alerts when a project you named changes
@Cedric Is the launch on track? What is behind, and who is holding it?
Behind
Tasks move when the work lands
When the pull request merges or the file arrives, Cedric proposes the move. The board shows where the work is, without anyone dragging.
- Move tasks between sections
- Mark complete when it ships
- Change a custom field
- Comment with what landed
- Attach the file or the link
- Your Asana rules keep running
@Cedric Move App store screenshots to In review and mark Release notes complete.
In review2
Today4Sep 242+ Add task
Complete2
Sep 15Sep 12+ Add task
Stop chasing your team. Let Cedric do it for you.
One message to Cedric becomes every follow-up, every week. He asks the assignee, records the answer and updates the task, and you stop being the person who chases.
@Cedric follow up with assignees on anything overdue in Launch plan, and keep it updated.
On it, every weekday at 9:00. You get the summary before Monday's sync.
Cedric's messages this week16 follow-upsTo Kevin ZhouMon 9:00
The app store screenshots were due Friday. What's the status?
To Nadia HaddadMon 9:00
Pricing page copy is due today. Still on track?
To Sam OkonkwoTue 9:00
Beta invite emails has had no activity for five days. Is something blocking it?
To Felix AnderssonWed 9:00
Asking again: can you take the support macros, due Friday?
And twelve more like these. From you this week: none.
Updates from everywhere the work happens.
A task ships in a pull request, a decision lands in a call, a date slips in a thread. Cedric reads those tools too, so Asana hears about it.
Gmail
Google Meet
Zoom
Google Calendar
Granola
Notion
Google Docs
HubSpot
Salesforce
Pipedrive
Stripe
Linear
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You remain in control.
You choose which projects Cedric works on, and no task changes without a person's yes.
Cedric checks in only on the projects you point him at, with the Asana account you connect.
An assignee's tap updates their own task. Anything Cedric infers waits for approval.
Each suggestion shows the task, the old value and the new one. Edit it in the same reply.
What was asked, who answered, and what changed in Asana, in one view.
Check-ins run when you say: every morning, before a meeting, or only when asked.
Cedric completes and moves tasks. Deleting a task or a project is confirmed every time.
Cedric remembers who owns what and how your team works, so the right person gets the question. How approvals work →
Private, in your control,
and Swiss based.
Private.
In your control.
Swiss based.
Asana AI agent, answered
An assistant that works in your Asana workspace on your behalf. Cedric searches tasks, projects and portfolios, creates and updates tasks, reassigns and reschedules them, and keeps projects current by asking the people the work is assigned to.
He reads the project on a schedule you set, finds tasks that are overdue or have gone quiet, and asks the assignee in a direct message with one-tap answers. The answer completes the task or sets the new date. Changes he infers from threads and calls come to you as suggestions first.
No. Every change follows a yes. When an assignee taps Completed, that tap is the yes for their own task. Anything Cedric infers on his own is proposed and waits. How approvals work has the rule.
No. Rules you set up in Asana keep running on every change. Cedric creates and updates tasks the way a teammate would, and your rules react to those saves as they normally do.
Yes. Ask once and he posts the brief before every occurrence: what changed in the project since the last meeting, what is blocked, and who has not answered. See meeting prep.
The task stays as it is. Cedric asks once more, then lists the task as unanswered in the brief, so the question gets asked in the room.
Yes. He reads the project's status updates and the activity on its tasks, and summarizes what moved, what is overdue and who is holding what. Ask for one project or a portfolio, and for a window like this week.
He can, and he shows exactly what he will remove and waits for your confirmation every time. Marking complete or moving to a section is the usual path. A summary across many projects takes longer than one project, because Asana limits how fast any app can read.
Works well with Asana
JiraIssues searched, filed, transitioned and linked from the thread, on your yes.
TrelloMembers asked, cards moved from their answers, and the board true before every meeting.
ClickUpTasks created, statused, timed and summarized from the thread, on your yes.
monday.comItems found, columns updated, updates posted and boards summarized, on your yes.
TodoistTasks added, rescheduled, organized and assigned from the thread, on your yes.
GitHubIssues, pull requests and repo activity, summarized in plain words or filed from the thread.
Stop asking whether Asana is up to date.
Connect Asana to Cedric, set up your Asana AI agent in minutes, and let the check-ins, the task updates and the pre-meeting brief run on their own.
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